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  • March 11, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    Hello, I Must Be Leaving

    In 2000 Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis sought to reinvent itself. The 250-lawyer Philadelphia firm, known mainly for litigation, wanted to expand its corporate department and its geo

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  • November 22, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Big Firms Growing, But Just Barely

    Is this what they mean by a jobless recovery? The nation's 250 largest law firms continued to grow last year, but just barely. The attorney head count inched up by 1.5 percent, compar

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  • March 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Running in Place

    As soon as Duane Morris gets as big as it can, it turns around and gets bigger. In 1997 the Philadelphia-based firm had about 225 lawyers. By 2002 it had doubled in size. Today Duane Morris ha

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  • February 7, 2000 | Legal Times

    One Part Lawyer, One Part Executive

    As local high-tech companies grow from budding enterprises to full-fledged corporations, they are giving rise to the latest crop of influential brokers on the D.C. scene -- their general counsel.

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  • November 15, 2004 | National Law Journal

    Big Firms Growing -- by a Thin 1.5 Percent

    Is this what they mean by a jobless recovery? The nation's 250 largest law firms continued to grow last year, but just barely. The attorney head count inched up by 1.5 percent, compare

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  • September 6, 2007 | Legal Times

    Sonnenschein Sued for Millions by Former Partner

    In myth, King Midas is noted for his ability to turn everything he touches into gold. For attorney Douglas Rosenthal, the problem appears to be that what he touches turns into someone else's gold.

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  • July 31, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    A Lucrative Year for GC, But Good Times May Not Last

    Give Gary Lynch credit for making a dramatic entrance. The chief legal officer for New York-based Morgan Stanley debuted on Corporate Counsel's annual survey of general counsel compensat

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  • December 13, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    2004 NYLJ 100

    They are still New York's largest private law offices, but in the last year, many have become substantially smaller. Within the NYLJ's top 10, half of these largest law offices in New York Sta

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  • August 24, 2007 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Legal Claims Proliferate from Mortgage Meltdown

    As fallout from the collapse of the high-risk mortgage industry continues, the types of legal claims stemming from the scandal are beginning to take shape. Shareholders in bankrupt mo

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  • April 29, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a London-based law firm, has subleased 23,411 square feet at 520 Madison Ave. for 30 months. The new space on the building's

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